The fighting continues to go against the LTTE. The LTTE are using their hard core members to insure that poorly trained conscripts fight to the death, or at least don't run away as soon as the army opens fire, the military website added.

According to the website security forces success in the battlefront have caused to the decline of faith in LTTE among the Tamil population living in the area and LTTE is facing a dwindling supply of weapons and ammunition too.